1 ;; Also know as the "wish list". Some are done. For the others, no
2 ;; promise when to be implemented.
4 * Use a new custom type (`define-widget') for posting-style in `gnus-cus.el'
5 (G c) and for `gnus-posting-styles'. Maybe some allowed types are still
8 * Add proper doc strings to functions and variables explained in the manual
9 (info "(gnus)Gnus Utility Functions")
11 * Add Message-IDs or URLs refering to relevant discussions on lists and
14 * Use nicer tool bar icons from GNOME
16 Done for Emacs (The GNOME icons won't fit into standard XEmacs icons,
17 IMHO. -- rsteib) in group, summary and message mode.
19 Some modes might also deserve improved tool bars:
25 . zap most buttons; except print, customize (?) and help
27 . "exit" should just kill the buffer
29 - gnus-server-mode: Add some commands from the Connections and Server
32 - gnus-browse-mode (could borrow some icons from gnus-group-mode)
34 (See http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/62147).
36 * Maybe Gnus should support the LIST SUBSCRIPTIONS, see RFC 2980.
38 * Merge `message-extra-wide-headers' and ` message-header-synonyms'?
40 * Maybe texi/emacs-mime.texi could be divided into user-visible stuff and
41 reference manual for the MIME library.
43 Related: Bill Wohler's article on mh-e-user.
44 http://thread.gmane.org/29067.1138078896@olgas.newt.com
46 * Fix `change servers' command, see David Kastrup's message.
47 http://thread.gmane.org/x54qewqxz4.fsf@lola.goethe.zz
49 * texi/gnus-coding.texi should be fixed.
51 * gnus-topic-kill-region
52 From Colin Marquardt <colin.marquardt@usa.alcatel.com>
54 I noticed that when re-arranging topics, C-k yanks a topic just fine
55 (runs gnus-topic-kill-group).
57 However, my habit is to do marking and the yanking the region, so I
58 would run C-w on the marked topic. But C-w runs
59 gnus-group-kill-region and doesn't yank the topic (for groups it
62 So could we have a gnus-topic-kill-region, or a
63 gnus-group-kill-region which handles topics as well?
65 * Speed up sorting in summary buffer if there is a limit.
67 Suggested by Daniel Ortmann <ortmann@isl.net>.
69 * Investigate the memory usage of Gnus.
71 But it does seem strange that Gnus would use some 15meg for this. I
72 think that is worth investigating. I suspect that bugs or bad
73 design are causing waste; they could be in Gnus, or in Emacs. -- RMS
77 The result of Google group search return a thread. Is it a digest
82 Implement NOV caching with Gnus Agent.
84 * Allow specification of server in Newsgroups header
88 WIBNI I could put `Newsgroups: nntp+quimby:bla' into a message and
89 Gnus would know to post this message on my server `nntp:quimby' into
90 the group bla? I think this would be way cool.
92 But Gnus would have to rewrite the Newsgroups header before actually
95 Thanks for Micha Wiedenmann for this suggestion.
97 * Parsing of the subscription notice to stash away details like what
98 address you're subscribed to the list under (and automatically send
99 mail to the list using that address, when you send mail inside the list
100 group), what address to mail to unsubscribe, and the list info message
101 if available. Hitting the "get FAQ" command inside a mailing list
102 group should display that stashed copy of the info message.
104 * Some help in coming up with good split rules for mailing lists, as
105 automated as possible. Splitting on To and Cc is almost always not
106 what I want, since it can misfile messages and since if I'm cc'd on
107 list mail I want to get both copies, one in my personal mailbox and one
108 in the list mailbox. I know other people handle it other ways, but I
109 prefer it that way. Accordingly, some way to semi-automatically
110 generate split rules based on Sender, Mailing-List, Return-Path,
111 X-Loop, and all of the other random headers that often work would be
114 * Support for zipped folders for all backends this makes sense for.
115 Most likely using jka-compr. (It has been suggested that this do
116 work but I think it should be verified for all backends.)
118 * Agent (Can someone write some subtopics here? I don't use it myself
119 so I don't know what is lacking.)
121 * Support for encrypted folders. Even if the mail arrives unencrypted
122 Gnus should be able to encrypt the *folder* for added safety. This
123 should go for both Gnus' own folders and the folders Gnus reads from
124 (e.g. /var/spool/mail/${USER}). All backends this makes sense for.
126 [John Wiegley's article <200011030445.VAA08277@localhost.dynodns.net>,
127 posted on gnu.emacs.gnus does this.
128 Also, gnus-article-encrypt `K E' encrypts the article body.]
130 * Splitting .newsrc.eld so the history is in one file and the
131 configuration is in another. To help those that reads at two
132 locations (e.g. work and home) and want to have the same
135 * gnus-uu-decode should complain if one or more parts of a series post
136 (ie, "part N of X") is missing, and optionally tick what parts are
137 there for decoding in a later session.
139 * Additional article marking, and an ability to affect marks placed
140 during e.g. mail acquisition. I want to be able to notice the
141 subject "fast money" or "web traffic", automatically mark it with a
142 `$', and score it into oblivion. (But I fear that wanting to change
143 marks with mail-source-* and nnmail-* functions will represent a
144 philosophical conflict with the rest of Gnus' management of article
145 marks. mail-source-* and nnmail-* currently hack around with files
146 under ~/Mail and leave traces in ~/Mail/active, but don't affect
147 things stored in .newsrc.eld.)
149 * A much better interface to nnmail-split-methods. I don't know how
150 I'd like this done, but I know that the current method of manually
151 hacking regexps is pretty untenable for new users. My boss, who is
152 tenured faculty at CMU and CEO & CTO at JPRC, and whose research
153 work has involved Lisp for the last 25 years, is trying to implant
154 himself in a Gnus mail environment, and this is a big sticking point
157 * PGP-supported encryption of entire nnml & nnmh groups. There are
158 people with whom I exchange mail routinely who don't send w/PGP, but
159 I'd really rather that the content not be left lying around
160 unencrypted. Hook into article acquisition the way jka-compr
161 supposedly does, to auto-decrypt every message read.
163 [See Support for encrypted folders.]
165 * Baby's First Mail In Gnus. Some set of functions that the
166 new-to-mail-in-Gnus user can invoke which will query the user
167 appropriately for the basic information required to establish mail
168 handling, leaving the appropriate traces in .gnus. Perhaps a
169 customize buffer would be appropriate.
170 - Where does your mail come from?
171 - If some server, what is your POP/IMAP protocol identity?
172 - What is your identity when sending mail, as opposed to posting to
174 - Here are some basic concepts of mail groups (list a few:
175 personal mail, company-wide mail, mailing lists, garbage dumps,
176 receptacles for outbound copies of what one sends; which ones do
177 you want to instantiate, and what mail should land in each?
178 [/viz./ problem of nnmail-split-methods interface.]
180 [Probably `assistant.el' will provide this. But it's development is
183 * Full integration of nnir into Gnus. Generic hooks for adding new
184 external nnir sources. I use a couple experimental, in-house tools
185 (JPRC is a research lab, occupied with document analysis and machine
186 learning) and adding new search engines to nnir by hacking the main
187 nnir.el module is rather clunky.
189 * Manual ordering of articles in an nnml folder.
191 That is, keystrokes to move articles (or whole threads) up or down
192 in the *Summary* buffer relative to the other articles. The order
193 would be persistent (e.g., across gnus sessions).
195 With this ability, an nnml folder would make for a good to-do list.
197 * Since many uses Gnus to store to do lists I think it is time for an
198 nntodo. (I know Kai already written one, maybe use that for a start?)
200 * nnsql backend, which would allow messages or folders to be imported
201 in a local (My|Postgre|?)SQL RDBMS.
203 * "posting profiles" ideally accessible from a popup menu; allowing
204 choice between predefined profiles of
205 from,name,organization,etc. Example: I'm at home, but need to reply
206 to a work mail; i can hit 'R', then use this command to switch to my
207 'work' profile for purposes of this one reply. (This might already
208 be possible with current Gnus, but I don't think so.)
210 * Better handling of the mail retrieving / splitting feature:
211 - the variables <backend>-get-new-mail should not exist anymore. Mail
212 retrieving should be a separate matter.
213 - we should be able to split mails to groups AND backends at the same time.
214 - meanwhile, we should still be able to associate certain mail sources with
217 * A better interface to the agent download scoring rules, like the one
218 for the other scoring rules.
220 * Editing of messages in the agents cache.
222 * More article marks (like '!' or '?').
223 Maybe user defined marks that can be displayed as any choosen charakter,
224 so one could do things like limiting on, to do whatever one likes with
227 * Allow article editing in groups which do not support it, but
228 emulating it via deleting the old article and entering the new one
229 into the group. This would be very useful to support `T ^' (say) in
232 * Allow user to specify which kinds of groups should be displayed.
233 For example, I want to display all the groups that are displayed
234 now, plus those which have cached messages in them. (Gnus does
235 display those with ticked messages but not those with
236 cached-but-unticked ones.) This would become even more important
237 when we allow labels.
239 * Create new data type `article identifier' and use that instead of
240 article numbers. A first implementation could offer something like
241 (num . 4711) but this could be extended. This would be useful for
242 using servers with *really* large numbers -- there we could have a
243 bignum type. It might also be useful for the nnweb and nnultimate
244 thingies where article identifiers are not really numbers.
246 * Allow use of digests to keep related articles. Normally, you use
247 groups to group together articles which are thematically related.
248 But sometimes, you have so many themes that this becomes
249 impractical. WIBNI I could have digests in a group, and there was a
250 way to add a new article to one of the digests in that group?
252 Or maybe what I really want is a way to tell Gnus that a specific
253 thread should always be hidden (as in `T h') by default, while most
254 other threads are not hidden by default. Hm.
256 * New backend nnbabylfolder. There is also nnbabyl which is like
257 nnmbox but uses babyl format, but there is no babyl format
258 equivalent of nnfolder.
260 * Make movement commands in summary buffer independent of `move after
261 mark' behavior when marking articles. Currently, if you don't want
262 `E' to move to the next unread article, you have to set
263 gnus-summary-goto-unread to nil, and then there is no way to move to
264 the next or previous unread article.
266 This one has two sub-tasks. Providing the commands is one thing,
267 finding out useful key bindings for them is another. I think we
268 could provide the commands first while not changing the behavior of
269 the key bindings; then different people can experiment with
270 different key binding schemes until we find something which suits
273 * `Move to next/previous/first article' is a misnomer, since ticked
274 articles are also unread but not moved to by these commands. Should
275 the terminology be fixed or the documentation, or what?
277 * Allow sorting of threads by newest article rather than by root of
278 thread. Consider the following thread structure:
285 These two threads are sorted this way because root1 is older than
286 root2. I want an option to sort them the other way round because
287 leaf1 is newer than leaf2.
289 * Improve editing of MIME messages. I would like to use html-mode to
290 edit the body of a text/html message, and enriched-mode for
291 text/enriched messages, and so on. This should go for multipart
292 messages as well. This is probably a hard one since Emacs currently
293 does not allow several major modes per buffer. But maybe it would
294 be nice to hack Emacs to provide this infrastructure so that Gnus
295 can make use of it? This would also make it possible to provide
296 nifty commands for editing the headers, for example, rather than
297 relying on commands which do the same thing everywhere.
298 message-x.el is really just a half-assed attempt at doing it, and
299 while it is useful, that's not the way it should be done.
301 I think Francisco Potort
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303 * Provide commands for editing MML tags. For example, there could be
304 a command mml-add-tag-attribute which prompts me for an attribute
305 name (with completion, from the set filename, type, ...), and then
306 for a value. (This is like `C-c +' in psgml.) Or there could be a
307 command which showed me all the attributes in an MML tag and allows
308 me to use TAB to move between them, and then to edit each attribute
309 value. (This is like `C-c C-a' in psgml.)
311 * Have Gnus automagically set group parameters for mailing list
312 groups. For example, if I have a splitting rule that automatically
313 sorts ding@gnus.org into mail.ding, then Gnus should clue in, set
314 the to-list parameter to 'ding@gnus.org', and set total-expire.
315 (This is probably Hard (TM). And of course the user should be able
316 to configure what parameters exactly get set.)
318 * Along the same lines, automagically detect broken reply-to's. (But
319 don't auto-detect users legitimately setting a reply-to header that
320 points back to the list.)
322 * Make it easier to change parameters on a set of groups,
323 e.g. set/clear gcc-self on process-marked groups.
325 * Make it easier/possible to migrate between primary select-methods,
326 if that concept is going to be kept. Right now I have only one
327 group on my primary server, and I'd kind of like to change from nntp
328 to nnml, but apparently this doesn't work well.
330 * Make it possible to refer to uniquely-named groups without
331 select-method prefix (e.g. mail.misc instead of nnml:mail.misc).
333 * Annotations as discussed last autumn. Be able to make comments to
334 articles for all backends. The comments maybe should go into a
335 seperate "backend", like nndraft.
337 * Catchup on a topic and all its subtopics. I.e. do "c y" when on a
338 topic line in *Group*.
340 * Better/more advanced subject washing in *Summary*, see my
341 js-gnus-simplify-subject-function I posted earlier this winter.
343 ;; From Newest Features node. Some are not done.
345 * I would like the zombie-page to contain an URL to the source of the
346 latest version of gnus or some explanation on where to find it.
348 * A way to continue editing the latest Message composition.
350 * facep is not declared.
352 * Include a section in the manual on why the number of articles isn't
353 the same in the group buffer and on the SPC prompt.
355 * Interacting with rmail fcc isn't easy.
358 http://www.uwsg.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9610/index.html
362 * `^-- ' is made into - in LaTeX.
364 * when expunging articles on low score, the sparse nodes keep
367 * starting the first time seems to hang Gnus on some systems. Does
368 NEWGROUPS answer too fast?
370 * nndir doesn't read gzipped files.
372 * when moving mail from a procmail spool to the crash-box, the
373 crash-box is only appropriate to one specific group.
375 * nnmh-be-safe means that crossposted articles will be marked as
378 * Orphan score entries don't show on "V t" score trace
380 * when clearing out data, the cache data should also be reset.
382 * rewrite gnus-summary-limit-children to be non-recursive to avoid
383 exceeding lisp nesting on huge groups.
385 * expunged articles are counted when computing scores.
387 * ticked articles aren't easy to read in pick mode - `n' and stuff
388 just skips past them. Read articles are the same.
390 * topics that contain just groups with ticked articles aren't
393 * nndoc should always allocate unique Message-IDs.
395 * If there are mail groups the first time you use Gnus, Gnus'll
396 make the mail groups killed.
398 * no "no news is good news" when using topics.
400 * when doing crosspost marking, the cache has to be consulted and
401 articles have to be removed.
403 * nnweb should fetch complete articles when they are split into
406 * scoring on head immediate doesn't work.
408 * finding short score file names takes forever.
410 * canceling articles in foreign groups.
412 * nntp-open-rlogin no longer works.
414 * C-u C-x C-s (Summary) switches to the group buffer.
416 * move nnmail-split-history out to the backends.
418 * using a virtual server name as `gnus-select-method' doesn't work?
420 * when killing/yanking a group from one topic to another in a
421 slave, the master will yank it first to one topic and then add it
424 * warn user about `=' redirection of a group in the active file?
426 * take over the XEmacs menubar and offer a toggle between the XEmacs
427 bar and the Gnus bar.
429 * push active file and NOV file parsing down into C code.
430 `(canonize-message-id id)'
431 `(mail-parent-message-id references n)'
432 `(parse-news-nov-line &optional dependency-hashtb)'
433 `(parse-news-nov-region beg end &optional dependency-hashtb fullp)'
434 `(parse-news-active-region beg end hashtb)'
436 * nnml .overview directory with splits.
440 * postponed commands.
442 * the selected article show have its Subject displayed in its
445 * when entering groups, get the real number of unread articles from
448 * sort after gathering threads - make false roots have the headers
449 of the oldest orphan with a 0 article number?
451 * nndoc groups should inherit the score files of their parents?
452 Also inherit copy prompts and save files.
454 * command to start up Gnus (if not running) and enter a mail mode
457 * allow editing the group description from the group buffer for
458 backends that support that.
460 * gnus-hide,show-all-topics
462 * groups and sub-topics should be allowed to mingle inside each
463 topic, and not just list all subtopics at the end.
465 * a command to remove all read articles that are not needed to
466 connect threads - `gnus-summary-limit-to-sparse-unread'?
468 * a variable to turn off limiting/cutting of threads in the tree
471 * a variable to limit how many files are uudecoded.
473 * add zombie groups to a special "New Groups" topic.
475 * server mode command: close/open all connections
477 * put a file date in gnus-score-alist and check whether the file
478 has been changed before using it.
480 * on exit from a digest group, go to the next article in the parent
483 * hide (sub)threads with low score.
485 * when expiring, remove all marks from expired articles.
487 * gnus-summary-limit-to-body
489 * a regexp alist that says what level groups are to be subscribed
490 on. Eg. - `(("nnml:" . 1))'.
492 * allow newlines in <URL:> urls, but remove them before using the
495 * If there is no From line, the mail backends should fudge one from
498 * fuzzy simplifying should strip all non-alpha-numerical info from
501 * gnus-soup-brew-soup-with-high-scores.
503 * nntp-ping-before-connect
505 * command to check whether NOV is evil. "list overview.fmt".
507 * when entering a group, Gnus should look through the score files
508 very early for `local' atoms and set those local variables.
510 * topics are always yanked before groups, and that's not good.
512 * (set-extent-property extent 'help-echo "String to display in
513 minibuf") to display help in the minibuffer on buttons under
516 * stop using invisible text properties and start using overlays
519 * go from one group to the next; everything is expunged; go to the
520 next group instead of going to the group buffer.
522 * gnus-renumber-cache - to renumber the cache using "low" numbers.
524 * record topic changes in the dribble buffer.
526 * `nnfolder-generate-active-file' should look at the folders it
527 finds and generate proper active ranges.
529 * nneething-look-in-files-for-article-heads variable to control
530 whether nneething should sniff all files in the directories.
532 * gnus-fetch-article - start Gnus, enter group, display article
534 * gnus-dont-move-articles-to-same-group variable when respooling.
536 * when messages are crossposted between several auto-expirable
537 groups, articles aren't properly marked as expirable.
539 * nneething should allow deletion/moving.
541 * TAB on the last button should go to the first button.
543 * if the car of an element in `mail-split-methods' is a function,
544 and the function returns non-nil, use that as the name of the
545 group(s) to save mail in.
547 * command for listing all score files that have been applied.
549 * a command in the article buffer to return to `summary' config.
551 * `gnus-always-post-using-current-server' - variable to override
552 `C-c C-c' when posting.
554 * nnmail-group-spool-alist - says where each group should use as a
557 * when an article is crossposted to an auto-expirable group, the
558 article should be marker as expirable.
560 * article mode command/menu for "send region as URL to browser".
562 * on errors, jump to info nodes that explain the error. For
563 instance, on invalid From headers, or on error messages from the
566 * when gathering threads, make the article that has no "Re: " the
567 parent. Also consult Date headers.
569 * a token in splits to call shrink-window-if-larger-than-buffer
571 * `1 0 A M' to do matches on the active hashtb.
573 * duplicates - command to remove Gnus-Warning header, use the read
574 Message-ID, delete the "original".
576 * when replying to several messages at once, put the "other"
577 message-ids into a See-Also header.
580 <URL:http://proletext.clari.net/prole/proletext.html>
582 * generate font names dynamically.
584 * score file mode auto-alist.
586 * allow nndoc to change/add/delete things from documents. Implement
587 methods for each format for adding an article to the document.
589 * `gnus-fetch-old-headers' `all' value to incorporate absolutely
590 all headers there is.
592 * function like `|', but concatenate all marked articles and pipe
595 * cache the list of killed (or active) groups in a separate file.
596 Update the file whenever we read the active file or the list of
597 killed groups in the .eld file reaches a certain length.
599 * function for starting to edit a file to put into the current mail
602 * "ghettozie" - score on Xref header and nix it out after using it
603 to avoid marking as read in other groups it has been crossposted
606 * look at procmail splitting. The backends should create the
607 groups automatically if a spool file exists for that group.
609 * function for backends to register themselves with Gnus.
611 * when replying to several process-marked articles, have all the
612 From end up in Cc headers? Variable to toggle.
614 * command to delete a crossposted mail article from all groups it
617 * `B c' and `B m' should be crosspost aware.
619 * hide-pgp should also hide PGP public key blocks.
621 * Command in the group buffer to respool process-marked groups.
623 * `gnus-summary-find-matching' should accept pseudo-"headers" like
624 "body", "head" and "all"
626 * Process-marking all groups in a topic should process-mark groups
627 in subtopics as well.
629 * Add non-native groups to the list of killed groups when killing
632 If this entry is about non-foreign non-native groups, then it was
633 actually a bug that prevented them from being inserted into
635 <http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/63383/>
637 * nntp-suggest-kewl-config to probe the nntp server and suggest
640 * add edit and forward secondary marks.
642 * nnml shouldn't visit its .overview files.
644 * allow customizing sorting within gathered threads.
646 * `B q' shouldn't select the current article.
648 * nnmbox should support a newsgroups file for descriptions.
650 * Be able to specify whether the saving commands save the original
651 or the formatted article.
653 * a command to reparent with the child process-marked (cf. `T ^'.).
655 * I think the possibility to send a password with nntp-open-rlogin
656 should be a feature in Red Gnus.
658 * The `Z n' command should be possible to execute from a mouse
661 * more limiting functions - date, etc.
663 We have `gnus-summary-limit-to-age'. What's missing? Maybe enter a date?
665 * be able to limit on a random header; on body; using reverse
668 * a group parameter (`absofucking-total-expiry') that will make
669 Gnus expire even unread articles.
671 * variable to disable password fetching when opening by
674 * manual: more example servers - nntp with rlogin, telnet
676 * checking for bogus groups should clean topic alists as well.
678 * canceling articles in foreign groups.
680 * article number in folded topics isn't properly updated by Xref
683 * Movement in the group buffer to the next unread group should go
684 to the next closed topic with unread messages if no group can be
687 * Extensive info pages generated on the fly with help everywhere -
688 in the "*Gnus edit*" buffers, for instance.
690 * Topic movement commands - like thread movement. Up, down,
693 * a way to say that all groups within a specific topic comes from a
694 particular server? Hm.
696 * `gnus-article-fill-if-long-lines' - a function to fill the
697 article buffer if there are any looong lines there.
699 * `T h' should jump to the parent topic and fold it.
701 * a command to create an ephemeral nndoc group out of a file, and
702 then splitting it/moving it to some other group/backend.
704 * It should also probably be possible to delimit what
705 `gnus-jog-cache' does - for instance, work on just some groups, or
706 on some levels, and entering just articles that have a score
707 higher than a certain number.
709 * nnfolder should append to the folder instead of re-writing the
710 entire folder to disk when accepting new messages.
712 * a backend for reading collections of babyl files nnbabylfolder?
714 * a command for making the native groups into foreign groups.
716 * server mode command for clearing read marks from all groups from
719 * when following up multiple articles, include all To, Cc, etc
720 headers from all articles.
722 * a command for deciding what the total score of the current thread
723 is. Also a way to highlight based on this.
725 * command to show and edit group scores
727 * a gnus-tree-minimize-horizontal to minimize tree buffers
730 * command to generate nnml overview file for one group.
732 * `C-u C-u a' - prompt for many crossposted groups.
734 * keep track of which mail groups have received new articles (in
735 this session). Be able to generate a report and perhaps do some
736 marking in the group buffer.
738 * gnus-build-sparse-threads to a number - build only sparse threads
739 that are of that length.
741 * have nnmh respect mh's unseen sequence in .mh_profile.
743 * cache the newsgroups descriptions locally.
745 * asynchronous posting under nntp.
747 * be able to control word adaptive scoring from the score files.
749 * a variable to make `C-c C-c' post using the "current" select
752 * `limit-exclude-low-scored-articles'.
754 * if `gnus-summary-show-thread' is a number, hide threads that have
755 a score lower than this number.
757 * split newsgroup subscription variable up into "order" and
760 * buttonize ange-ftp file names.
762 * a command to make a duplicate copy of the current article so that
763 each copy can be edited separately.
765 * nnweb should allow fetching from the local nntp server.
767 * record the sorting done in the summary buffer so that it can be
768 repeated when limiting/regenerating the buffer.
770 * nnml-generate-nov-databses should generate for all nnml servers.
772 * when the user does commands in the group buffer, check the
773 modification time of the .newsrc.eld file and use
774 ask-user-about-supersession-threat. Also warn when trying to save
775 .newsrc.eld and it has changed.
777 * M-g on a topic will display all groups with 0 articles in the
780 * command to remove all topic stuff.
782 * allow exploding incoming digests when reading incoming mail and
783 splitting the resulting digests.
785 * command to nix out all nnoo state information.
787 * nnmail-process-alist that calls functions if group names matches
788 an alist - before saving.
790 * use buffer-invisibility-spec everywhere for hiding text.
792 * variable to activate each group before entering them to get the
793 (new) number of articles. `gnus-activate-before-entering'.
795 * command to fetch a Message-ID from any buffer, even starting Gnus
798 * when posting and checking whether a group exists or not, just ask
799 the nntp server instead of relying on the active hashtb.
801 * buttonize the output of `C-c C-a' in an apropos-like way.
803 * `G p' should understand process/prefix, and allow editing of
804 several groups at once.
806 * command to create an ephemeral nnvirtual group that matches some
809 * it should be possible to score "thread" on the From header.
811 * hitting RET on a "gnus-uu-archive" pseudo article should unpack
814 * `B i' should display the article at once in the summary buffer.
816 * remove the "*" mark at once when unticking an article.
818 * `M-s' should highlight the matching text.
820 * when checking for duplicated mails, use Resent-Message-ID if
823 * killing and yanking groups in topics should be better. If
824 killing one copy of a group that exists in multiple topics, only
825 that copy should be removed. Yanking should insert the copy, and
826 yanking topics should be possible to be interspersed with the
829 * command for enter a group just to read the cached articles. A
830 way to say "ignore the nntp connection; just read from the cache."
832 * a way to hide all "inner" cited text, leaving just the most
835 * nnvirtual should be asynchronous.
837 * after editing an article, gnus-original-article-buffer should be
840 * there should probably be a way to make Gnus not connect to the
841 server and just read the articles in the server
843 * allow a `set-default' (or something) to change the default value
846 * a command to import group infos from a .newsrc.eld file.
848 * groups from secondary servers have the entire select method
849 listed in each group info.
851 * a command for just switching from the summary buffer to the group
854 * a way to specify that some incoming mail washing functions should
855 only be applied to some groups.
857 * Message `C-f C-t' should ask the user whether to heed
858 mail-copies-to: never.
860 * new group parameter - `post-to-server' that says to post using
861 the current server. Also a variable to do the same.
863 * the slave dribble files should auto-save to the slave file names.
865 * a group parameter that says what articles to display on group
866 entry, based on article marks.
868 * a way to visually distinguish slave Gnusae from masters. (Whip
869 instead of normal logo?)
871 * Use DJ Bernstein "From " quoting/dequoting, where applicable.
873 * Why is hide-citation-maybe and hide-citation different? Also
876 * group user-defined meta-parameters.
878 From: John Griffith <griffith@sfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de>
880 * I like the option for trying to retrieve the FAQ for a group and
881 I was thinking it would be great if for those newsgroups that had
882 archives you could also try to read the archive for that group.
883 Part of the problem is that archives are spread all over the net,
884 unlike FAQs. What would be best I suppose is to find the one
885 closest to your site.
887 In any case, there is a list of general news group archives at
888 ftp://ftp.neosoft.com/pub/users/claird/news.lists/newsgroup_archives.html
890 * From: Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs@hpc.uh.edu>
891 (add-hook 'gnus-select-group-hook
893 (gnus-group-add-parameter group
894 (cons 'gnus-group-date-last-entered (list (current-time-string))))))
896 (defun gnus-user-format-function-d (headers)
897 "Return the date the group was last read."
898 (cond ((car (gnus-group-get-parameter gnus-tmp-group 'gnus-group-date-last-entered)))
901 * tanken var at n
\e,Ae
\e(Br du bruker `gnus-startup-file' som prefix (FOO)
902 til
\e,Ae
\e(B lete opp en fil FOO-SERVER, FOO-SERVER.el, FOO-SERVER.eld,
903 kan du la den v
\e,Af
\e(Bre en liste hvor du bruker hvert element i listen
904 som FOO, istedet. da kunne man hatt forskjellige serveres
905 startup-filer forskjellige steder.
907 * LMI> Well, nnbabyl could alter the group info to heed labels like
908 LMI> answered and read, I guess.
910 It could also keep them updated (the same for the Status: header of
913 They could be used like this:
915 `M l <name> RET' add label <name> to current message.
916 `M u <name> RET' remove label <name> from current message.
917 `/ l <expr> RET' limit summary buffer according to <expr>.
919 <expr> would be a boolean expression on the labels, e.g.
921 `/ l bug & !fixed RET'
923 would show all the messages which are labeled `bug' but not labeled
926 One could also imagine the labels being used for highlighting, or
927 affect the summary line format.
929 * Sender: abraham@dina.kvl.dk
931 I'd like a gnus-find-file which work like find file, except that it
932 would recognize things that looks like messages or folders:
934 - If it is a directory containing numbered files, create an nndir
937 - For other directories, create a nneething summary buffer.
939 - For files matching "\\`From ", create a nndoc/mbox summary.
941 - For files matching "\\`BABYL OPTIONS:", create a nndoc/baby
944 - For files matching "\\`[^ \t\n]+:", create an *Article* buffer.
946 - For other files, just find them normally.
948 I'd like `nneething' to use this function, so it would work on a
949 directory potentially containing mboxes or babyl files.
951 * Currently, I get prompted:
953 decend into sci? - type y decend into sci.something ? - type n
956 The problem above is that since there is really only one
957 subsection of science, shouldn't it prompt you for only descending
958 sci.something? If there was a sci.somethingelse group or section,
959 then it should prompt for sci? first the sci.something? then
960 sci.somethingelse?...
962 * Ja, det burde v
\e,Af
\e(Bre en m
\e,Ae
\e(Bte
\e,Ae
\e(B si slikt. Kanskje en ny variabel?
963 `gnus-use-few-score-files'? S
\e,Ae
\e(B kunne score-regler legges til den
964 "mest" lokale score-fila. F. eks. ville no-gruppene betjenes av
967 * What i want is for Gnus to treat any sequence or combination of
968 the following as a single spoiler warning and hide it all,
969 replacing it with a "Next Page" button:
973 more than n blank lines
975 more than m identical lines (which should be replaced with button
978 any whitespace surrounding any of the above
980 * Well, we could allow a new value to `gnus-thread-ignore-subject' -
981 `spaces', or something. (We could even default to that.) And then
982 subjects that differ in white space only could be considered the
983 "same" subject for threading purposes.
985 * Modes to preprocess the contents (e.g. jka-compr) use the second
986 form "(REGEXP FUNCTION NON-NIL)" while ordinary modes (e.g. tex)
987 use the first form "(REGEXP . FUNCTION)", so you could use it to
988 distinguish between those two types of modes. (auto-modes-alist,
989 insert-file-contents-literally.)
991 * Under XEmacs - do funny article marks: tick - thumb tack killed -
992 skull soup - bowl of soup score below - dim light bulb score over
995 * Yes. I think the algorithm is as follows:
999 show-list-of-articles-in-group
1000 if (key-pressed == SPACE)
1001 if (no-more-articles-in-group-to-select)
1002 if (articles-selected)
1003 start-reading-selected-articles;
1004 junk-unread-articles;
1009 else if (key-pressed = '.')
1010 if (consolidated-menus) # same as hide-thread in Gnus
1011 select-thread-under-cursor;
1013 select-article-under-cursor;
1017 if (key-pressed == SPACE)
1018 if (more-pages-in-article)
1020 else if (more-selected-articles-to-read)
1025 * My precise need here would have been to limit files to Incoming*.
1026 One could think of some `nneething-only-files' variable, but I
1027 guess it would have been unacceptable if one was using many
1028 unrelated such nneething groups.
1030 A more useful approach would be to, in response to the `G D'
1031 prompt, be allowed to say something like: `~/.mail/Incoming*',
1032 somewhat limiting the top-level directory only (in case
1033 directories would be matched by the wildcard expression).
1035 * Take a look at w3-menu.el in the Emacs-W3 distribution - this
1036 works out really well. Each menu is 'named' by a symbol that
1037 would be on a gnus-*-menus (where * would be whatever, but at
1038 least group, summary, and article versions) variable.
1040 So for gnus-summary-menus, I would set to '(sort mark dispose ...)
1042 A value of '1' would just put _all_ the menus in a single 'GNUS'
1043 menu in the main menubar. This approach works really well for
1046 * nndoc should take care to create unique Message-IDs for all its
1049 * gnus-score-followup-article only works when you have a summary
1050 buffer active. Make it work when posting from the group buffer as
1051 well. (message-sent-hook).
1053 * * Enhancements to Gnus:
1057 * gnus-servers (gnus-start-server-buffer?)-enters Gnus and goes
1058 straight to the server buffer, without opening any connections to
1061 * gnus-server-read-server-newsrc-produces a buffer very similar to
1062 the group buffer, but with only groups from that server listed;
1063 quitting this buffer returns to the server buffer.
1065 * add a command to check the integrity of an nnfolder folder - go
1066 through the article numbers and see that there are no duplicates,
1069 * a command to give all relevant info on an article, including all
1072 * when doing `-request-accept-article', the backends should do the
1073 nnmail duplicate checking.
1075 * In addition, I would love it if I could configure message-tab so
1076 that it could call `bbdb-complete-name' in other headers. So,
1077 some sort of interface like
1079 (setq message-tab-alist '((message-header-regexp
1080 message-expand-group) ("^\\(To\\|[cC]c\\|[bB]cc\\)"
1081 bbdb-complete-name)))
1083 then you could run the relevant function to complete the
1084 information in the header
1086 [Done using `message-completion-alist'?]
1088 * cache the newsgroups file locally to avoid reloading it all the
1091 * a command to import a buffer into a group.
1093 * nnweb should allow fetching by Message-ID from servers.
1097 * point in the article buffer doesn't always go to the beginning of
1098 the buffer when selecting new articles.
1100 * a command to process mark all unread articles.
1102 * `gnus-gather-threads-by-references-and-subject' - first do
1103 gathering by references, and then go through the dummy roots and
1104 do more gathering by subject.
1106 * gnus-uu-mark-in-numerical-order - process mark articles in
1107 article numerical order.
1109 * (gnus-thread-total-score (gnus-id-to-thread (mail-header-id
1110 (gnus-summary-article-header)))) bind to a key.
1112 * sorting by score is wrong when using sparse threads.
1114 * a command to fetch an arbitrary article - without having to be in
1117 * a new nncvs backend. Each group would show an article, using
1118 version branches as threading, checkin date as the date, etc.
1120 * A Date scoring type that will match if the article is less than a certain
1121 number of days old. With - < > = (etc) that take floating point numbers and
1122 match on the age of the article.
1124 * use the summary toolbar in the article buffer.
1126 * a command to fetch all articles that are less than X days old.
1128 * in pick mode, `q' should save the list of selected articles in the
1129 group info. The next time the group is selected, these articles
1130 will automatically get the process mark.
1132 * Isn't it possible to (also?) allow M-^ to automatically try the
1133 default server if it fails on the current server? (controlled by a
1134 user variable, (nil, t, 'ask)).
1136 [Done by `gnus-refer-article-method'?]
1138 * make it possible to cancel articles using the select method for
1141 * a new variable to control which selection commands should be
1142 unselecting. `first', `best', `next', `prev', `next-unread',
1143 `prev-unread' are candidates.
1145 * be able to select groups that have no articles in them to be able
1146 to post in them (using the current select method).
1148 * be able to post via DejaNews.
1150 * `x' should retain any sortings that have been performed.
1152 * allow the user to specify the precedence of the secondary marks.
1153 Also allow them to be displayed separately.
1155 * gnus-summary-save-in-pipe should concatenate the results from the
1156 processes when doing a process marked pipe.
1158 * a new match type, like Followup, but which adds Thread matches on
1159 all articles that match a certain From header.
1161 * a function that can be read from kill-emacs-query-functions to
1162 offer saving living summary buffers.
1164 * a function for selecting a particular group which will contain
1165 the articles listed in a list of article numbers/id's.
1167 * (add-hook 'gnus-exit-query-functions
1169 (if (and (file-exists-p nnmail-spool-file)
1170 (> (nnheader-file-size nnmail-spool-file) 0))
1171 (yes-or-no-p "New mail has arrived. Quit Gnus anyways? ")
1172 (y-or-n-p "Are you sure you want to quit Gnus? "))))
1174 * all commands that react to the process mark should push the
1175 current process mark set onto the stack.
1177 * gnus-article-hide-pgp Selv ville jeg nok ha valgt
\e,Ae
\e(B slette den
1178 dersom teksten matcher
1179 "\\(This\s+\\)?[^ ]+ has been automatically signed by"
1180 og det er maks hundre tegn mellom match-end og ---linja. Men -det-
1181 er min type heuristikk og langt fra alles.
1183 * `gnus-subscribe-sorted' - insert new groups where they would have
1184 been sorted to if `gnus-group-sort-function' were run.
1186 * gnus-(group,summary)-highlight should respect any `face' text
1187 props set on the lines.
1189 * nndraft-request-group should tally auto-save files.
1191 * implement nntp-retry-on-break and nntp-command-timeout.
1193 * gnus-article-highlight-limit that says when not to highlight
1198 * Interrupting the agent fetching of articles should save articles.
1199 Have the Agent write out articles, one by one, as it retrieves
1200 them, to avoid having to re-fetch them all if Emacs should crash
1203 * command to open a digest group, and copy all the articles there
1204 to the current group.
1206 * a variable to disable article body highlights if there's more than
1207 X characters in the body.
1209 * handle 480/381 authinfo requests separately.
1211 * include the texi/dir file in the distribution.
1213 * command to display all dormant articles.
1215 * gnus-auto-select-next makeover - list of things it should do.
1217 * a score match type that adds scores matching on From if From has
1218 replied to something someone else has said.
1220 * One command to edit the original version if an article, and one to
1221 edit the displayed version.
1223 * `T v' - make all process-marked articles the children of the
1226 * Switch from initial text to the new default text mechanism.
1228 * How about making it possible to expire local articles? Will it be
1229 possible to make various constraints on when an article can be
1230 expired, e.g. (read), (age > 14 days), or the more interesting
1231 (read & age > 14 days)?
1233 * New limit command--limit to articles that have a certain string in
1236 * Allow breaking lengthy NNTP commands.
1238 * gnus-article-highlight-limit, to disable highlighting in big
1241 * Editing an article should put the article to be edited in a
1242 special, unique buffer.
1244 * A command to send a mail to the admin-address group param.
1246 * Allow Gnus Agent scoring to use normal score files.
1248 * Rething the Agent active file thing. `M-g' doesn't update the
1249 active file, for instance.
1251 * With dummy roots, `^' and then selecing the first article in any
1252 other dummy thread will make Gnus highlight the dummy root instead
1253 of the first article.
1255 * Propagate all group properties (marks, article numbers, etc) up to
1256 the topics for displaying.
1258 * `n' in the group buffer with topics should go to the next group
1259 with unread articles, even if that group is hidden in a topic.
1261 * gnus-posting-styles doesn't work in drafts.
1263 * gnus-summary-limit-include-cached is slow when there are many
1264 articles in the cache, since it regenerates big parts of the
1265 summary buffer for each article.
1267 * Implement gnus-batch-brew-soup.
1269 * Group parameters and summary commands for un/subscribing to mailing
1272 * Introduce nnmail-home-directory.
1274 * gnus-fetch-group and friends should exit Gnus when the user exits
1277 * Crossposted articles should "inherit" the % or mark from the other
1278 groups it has been crossposted to, or something. (Agent.)
1280 * If point is on a group that appears multiple times in topics, and
1281 you press `l', point will move to the first instance of the group.
1283 * A spec for the group line format to display the number of
1284 agent-downloaded articles in the group.
1286 * Some nntp servers never respond when posting, so there should be a
1287 timeout for all commands.
1289 * When stading on a topic line and `t'-ing, point goes to the last
1290 line. It should go somewhere else.
1294 Subject: Answer to your mails 01.01.1999-01.05.1999
1295 --text follows this line--
1296 Sorry I killfiled you...
1298 Under the subject "foo", you wrote on 01.01.1999:
1300 Under the subject "foo1", you wrote on 01.01.1999:
1303 * Allow "orphan" scores in the Agent scoring.
1307 * - Edit article's summary line.
1309 - Sort lines in buffer by subject
1311 --> the old subject line appears in Summary buffer, not the one that was
1314 * Remove list identifiers from the subject in the summary when doing
1317 * nnweb should include the "get whole article" article when getting
1320 * Perhaps there should be a command to "attach" a buffer of comments
1321 to a message? That is, `B WHATEVER', you're popped into a buffer,
1322 write something, end with `C-c C-c', and then the thing you've
1323 written gets to be the child of the message you're commenting.
1325 * Handle external-body parts.
1327 [done for some access types]
1329 * When renaming a group name, nnmail-split-history does not get the
1332 * Allow mail splitting on bodies when using advanced mail splitting.
1334 (body "whatever.text")
1336 * Solve the halting problem.
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